Hat-pin-point protector.



N. ROMITO.

HAT PIN-POINT PROTECTOR. APPLICATION man SEPT. 16, 1914.

1 1393730 Patented May11,1915.

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UNTTED @TATES PATENT @FFTCE NICOLA ROMITO, OF NEWELL, PENNSYLVANIA.

HAT-PIN-POINT PROTECTOR.

Application filed September 16, 1914.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, NIooLA RoMrro, a subj ect of the Kin of Italy, residing at Newell, in the county OI Fayette and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat-Pin-Point Protectors, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to hat pin point protectors and has for its object to provide a device of such class, in a manner as hereinafter set forth, capable of being detachably secured upon the point of a pin to prevent a person from being injured thereby.

Further objects of the invention are to provide a hat pin point protector which is simple in its construction and arrangement, readily applied, eflicient in its use, and comparatively inexpensive.

With the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists of a novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter, more specifically described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein is shown the preferred embodiment of the invention, but it is to be understood that changes, variations and modifications can be resorted to which come within the scope of the claim hereunto appended.

In the drawing wherein llke reference characters denote corresponding parts throughout the several views :Figure 1 is an elevation of a hat pin point protector constructed in accordance with this invention, showing the adaptation thereof, in connection with a point of a hat pin. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a locking member. Fig. 3 is an elevation of the point of the pin.

Referring to the drawing in detail 1 denotes the shank of a pin, 2 the pointed end and 3 a longitudinal slot formed in the shank 1 near the end 2.

The protecting device comprises a body portion 4 and a curvilineal gripping member 5. The latter is connected to the body portion 1 by a spring hinge 6 which is formed integral with the coupling member 5 and body portion 4. The coupling member 5 is formed somewhat bow-shaped and pro- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 11, 1915.

Serial No. 862,041.

vided with a pair of opposed openings 7, 8, and further provided, centrally thereof, with a longitudinal slot 9.

Formed integral with the body portion 4 is a locking member 10, having one end re duced and provided with a slot 11 and further provided with a hook 12 which is arranged parallel to the reduced end 13 in which is formed the slot 11. The locking member is adapted to extend through the slot 9 and the shank of the pin is adapted to extend through the slot 11 and is further adapted to project through the openings 7, 8. The spring hinge 6 has a tendency to force the body portion and coupling member away from each other and as the body portion 4: moves away from the coupling member 5, the hook 12 enters the slot 3 of the shank 1 and prevents the pin from being withdrawn from the coupling member, and at the same time the walls of the openings 7, 8 bind against the shank l. The coupling member 5 and spring hinge 6 extend around the pointed end 2 of the pin.

To remove the device from the pin, the body portion 4: is shifted toward the coupling member 5, whereby the book 12 is moved out of the slot 3 and the shank 1 can then be removed from the "coupling member 5.

hat I claim is A hat pin point protector comprising a body portion, a coupling member provided with a pair of openings for the passage of the shank of the pin, and a spring hinge connecting said coupling member to said body portion, a locking member on said body portion projecting through said coupling member and having a slot for the passage of the shank of the pin and further having a hook capable of engaging in the shank of the pin whereby the pin is connected to said coupling member.

In testimony whereof I afiiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

Ross Ronrson, JOHN H. WILKINS.

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